It's a frilled shark alright. It is interesting to note that although
it's
a rather rare catch, quite a few have been taken by Irish vessels over
the
last few months. To the best of my knowledge, there are some short
notes in
preparation at the moment, which should appear in the literature in
due
course.
Regards,
Aaron
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Yes. The early papers by the likes of Garman and Gudger
aside (there's
also various recent Japanese-based papers on this species, discussing
feeding ecology, reproductive biology, etc.), you 'll find further
descriptive site records in the literature for eastern Atlantic waters
if
interested for your website; notably in the following (and apologies
for
some loss of special characters below, translating from my Mac-based
database):
BEILLOIS, P., Y. DESAUNAY, D. DOREL, M. LEMOINE, G. DELMAS, M.H. DU
BUIT, J.
GUEGUEN, P. LESPAGNOL & J.-C. QUERO.
1984. Observations francaises sur les poissons rares en 1981.
Cons. int.
Explor. Mer, Ann. biol., 38, 1981: 206-207 (for Chlamydoselachus anguineus,
Echinorhinus brucus, Isurus oxyrinchus)
BEILLOIS, P., Y. DESAUNAY, D. DOREL, M. LEMOINE, M.H. DU BUIT, J. GUEGUEN,
J.B. PERODOU, J. LAMOLET & J.-C. QUERO.
1981. Observations francaises sur les poissons rares en 1979.
Cons. int.
Explor. Mer, Ann. biol., 36, 1979: 196-198 (for Chlamydoselachus anguineus,
Somniosus microcephalus, Apristurus laurussonii, Galeus murinus,
Pseudotriakis microdon, Isurus oxyrinchus)
DOMANEVSKIJ, L.N. 1975. The frill shark Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Garman,
1884, from the Cape Blanco area (Central Eastern
Atlantic). J. Ichthyol.
(Vopr. Ikhtiol.) 15(6): 1117-1119.
DU BUIT, M.H., J. GUEGEN, J. LAMOLET & J.-C. QUERO. 1977.
Observations sur
les poissons rares en 1975. Cons. int. Explor. Mer, Ann. biol.,
32, 1975:
185-188. (for Chlamydoselachus angineus, Centrophorus granulosus, Deania
calcea, Oxynotus paradoxus, Scymnodon ringens, Somniosus rostratus,
Squalus
blainvillei, Pseudotriakis microdon, Isurus oxyrinchus, Cetorhinus
maximus,
Alopias vulpinus, Mitsukurina owstoni)
QUERO, J.-C., P. DECAMPS, M. DURON, J. FONTENEAU & R.
VERRON. 1980.
Observations icthyologiques effectuees en Charente-Maritime en 1979.
Ann.
Soc. Sci. nat. Charente-Marit., 6 (7): 697-705, 5 figs. (for
Chlamydoselachus anguineus, Somniosus microcephalus, Pseudotriakis
microdon)
QUERO, J.-C., M.H. DU BUIT, G. DELMAS, J. FONTENEAU &
J.J. VAYNE. 1989.
Observations icthyologiques effectuees en Charente-Maritime en 1988.
Ann.
Soc. Sci. nat. Charente-Marit., 7 (7): 849-852, 2 figs. (for Heptranchias
perlo, Chlamydoselachus anguineus)
QUERO, J.-C., M.H. DU BUIT, B. KERGOAT, J.L. LABORDE &
F. MORANDEAU. 1991.
Observations icthyologiques effectuees en Charente-Maritime en 1990.
Ann.
Soc. Sci. nat. Charente-Marit., 7 (9): 1065-1071, 9 figs. (for
Chlamydoselachus anguineus, Oxynotus parydoxus, Cetorhinus maximus)
QUERO, J.-C., R. VERRON & Y. CATTIN. 1976. Observations
ichthyologiques
effectuees au port de La Rochelle en 1975. Ann. Soc. Sci. nat.
Charente-Marit., 6 (3): 177-190, 6 figs. (for Hexanchus griseus,
Chlamydoselachus anguineus, Somniosus rostratus, Squalus blainvillei,
Prionace glauca, Pseudotriakis microdon, Isurus oxyrinchus, Mitsukurina
owstoni)
TRUNOV, I. A. 1968. The whalefish (Barbourisia rufa, Fam. Barbourisiidae)
and the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus, Fam. Chlamydoselachidae)
from South West African coastal waters. Prob. Ichthyol. 8(1):
135-138.
figs. 1-3.
WHEELER, A. 1962. New records for distribution of the frilled shark.
Nature, 196(4855): 689-690, 1 carte.
Regards
Ian
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